[Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy].

Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a subtype of non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy characterized by a unique spade-like configuration and apical obliteration in the left ventriculogram as well as in the long axis two-dimensional echocardiogram. The symptoms and electrocardiographic findings in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are quite similar to ischemic heart disease and confusion of the two diseases is obvious. An illustrative case, in which ventriculographic and echocardiographic findings were diagnostic for apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, is presented.